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Saladin puts an end to the Fatimid caliphate in Cairo and reestablishes Sunnism, the great branch of Islam that follows orthodox tradition and accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors of Mohammed. Saladin becomes the effective sovereign of Egypt and Syria, founding the Ayyubid dynasty.
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